News

• To ISPs: Expand in business segment or die in consumer space

  By Spandas Lui | 04 May, 2012 14:45

  ISPs need to target the business and mobile segment as the fixed-line consumer category becomes increasingly less profitable, according to Ovum research director and telco analyst, David Kennedy.

• No more room for new national ISPs post-NBN: Internode's Hackett

  By Spandas Lui | 17 April, 2012 10:29

  There isn’t much consolidation left in the fixed-line broadband market and it is too late now to become a national ISP thanks to the National Broadband Network (NBN), according to Internode managing director, Simon Hackett.

• TPG grows profit by 65 per cent in six months

  By Spandas Lui | 20 March, 2012 10:08

  ISP now has 567,000 broadband subscribers and is looking to bring out new consumer products such as a set top box and IP surveillance systems.

• TPG wades in on Telstra SSU discussion

  By Spandas Lui | 24 January, 2012 11:50

  TPG has issued a scathing review of Telstra’s revised structural separation undertaking (SSU).

• Vodafone tipped to be big player in NBN world – but how?

  By Spandas Lui | 20 January, 2012 15:56

  While it has yet to develop a fixed-line presence in Australia, Vodafone Hutchison Australia will be a heavyweight in that field once the NBN rollout kicks into high gear, according to Ovum.

• TPG guilty of “false and misleading” ads

  By Spandas Lui | 09 November, 2011 09:16

  An advertisement campaign by national ISP, TPG, has been found to be “false and misleading” by the Federal Court in Melbourne.

• TPG revenue hits $574.5 million

  By Spandas Lui | 20 September, 2011 10:01

  Internet service provider, TPG, has reported stellar results for its 2011 financial year with $574.5 million in revenue and $78.2 million in net profit after tax.

• yARN: TPG - A step-by-step guide on how to alienate a customer

  By Spandas Lui | 15 July, 2011 17:01

  Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.

• iiNet fares best in TIO complaints

  By Spandas Lui | 04 May, 2011 17:28

  Perth-based ISP, iiNet, has gone against the tide by becoming the only major carrier to experience a drop in the number of consumer complaints lodged to the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (TIO).

• Internode tells Conroy: you got it wrong

  By ARN Staff | 04 April, 2011 14:10

  Internet service provider, Internode, has reiterated to the Federal Government its repeated warnings about the anti-competitive impact of the proposed structure of the National Broadband Network (NBN).

• NextDC seeks ASX listing by December

  By Spandas Lui | 11 November, 2010 11:32

  Datacentre operator, NextDC, has applied to be an ASX-listed company by mid-December and seeks to raise $40 million for fund its expansion into Sydney.

• Call me, Thodey tells Simon Hackett

  By ARN Staff | 30 September, 2010 08:48

  Telstra chief executive, David Thodey, claims he hasn't been contacted by Internode managing director Simon Hackett in relation to the smaller telco’s ongoing complaint about Telstra’s wholesale prices.

• iiNet acquisition of AAPT consumer division given the green light

  By Spandas Lui | 29 September, 2010 17:04

  iiNet shareholders have approved the acquisition of AAPT’s consumer division for $60 million.

• Telstra "fightback" grows broadband share

  By Jenna Pitcher | 29 September, 2010 12:41

  Telstra is no longer losing consumer fixed broadband customers.

• TPG claims it's blitzing iiNet

  By Renai LeMay | 21 September, 2010 17:02

  National broadband provider TPG claims it is signing up customers faster than any of its rivals, including fast-growing iiNet, and Australia's two major telcos, Telstra and Optus.